Solarium
By
@vrplays
- 4 Devlogs
- 18 Total hours
A "REAL" operating system. Be sure to follow this!
Version 2.0
I’m back. Seems that my project still hasn’t been shipped yet, but that’s alright. Solarium has gotten a lot of bug fixes, and the fonts now look more polished. I also changed the video display so the output looks much better now!
In addition to minor changes, Solarium now works on real hardware! You can help contribute to the OS Support list by going to the repo, and opening a PR with your changes. You can also just ping me in Slack or leave a comment here with the same details, and I can add it. I also added a screenshot showing the OS working on my Chromebook!
Ship #1
Pending review
Solarium is an operating system built from scratch. This means it isn't built off ANYTHING. Not Linux, not anything like that, just code. Currently, it's in an early phase, but as time goes on, more content will be added. Please give this a good rating! I spent a long time getting this to work without bugs.
Currently, Solarium features several terminal commands that you can use. It mainly serves to show what the OS is capable of right now. There's also a couple visual features, like a boot logo and multiple fonts!
Please realize that despite the lack of content, I still spent so much time working on this project! As of shipping this, 13 hours of time!
There will be more ships in the future, but in the meantime, this is what I have as of right now. Enjoy!
Devlog 1.2
Much longer than the devlogs I’ve sent here. I added a lot more stuff compared to the previous devlog, which was more bugfixes than actual content. There’s now a boot logo that appears for a few seconds before going back to the terminal! In addition, there’s now fonts! You can use the help command for more info.
Alongside the actual OS, I’m going to start trying to implement support for actual hardware. It only works on VMs, so real hardware is going to be interesting.
Devlog 1.1
Not gonna lie, this sucked. I spent a long time getting arrow keys to work. Luckily, I was finally able to figure it out. I also changed some stuff backend, but a few things on the front end. Also added this cool thing; the first instance of color! Isn’t that cool? Anyway, I’ll work on new stuff later, maybe some more commands.
Devlog 1.0
Well, this is going to be something. Solarium is an operating system. From scratch. It is not Linux, it is not based off anything else. Right now, it’s just a terminal that has a few commands, and well, that’s pretty much it. What do you expect from a first version? What do you think of this?
